December 02, 2024
A Houston truck company that sold tires made by a Chinese manufacturer is on the hook for excise taxes as the beneficial owner of the tires, the Fifth Circuit decided in an opinion Monday that reversed a ruling freeing the company from its nearly $2 million tax bill.
May 13, 2024
A Houston truck company that sells tires made by a Chinese manufacturer doesn't owe $2 million in import taxes because it's not legally the tire importer, the company told the Fifth Circuit in asking it to affirm a ruling that could split circuits.
September 28, 2023
A Houston truck sales company doesn't owe the nearly $2 million in excise taxes it was assessed by the IRS because it is not an importer of tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer, merely a purchaser, a Texas federal judge ruled Thursday.
December 06, 2022
A Houston truck sales company asked a Texas federal court to dismiss $2.2 million in excise taxes on tires from China, saying another entity is the importer and therefore liable.
October 26, 2021
A Houston truck sales company is liable for $2.2 million in taxes and penalties resulting from its failure to pay excise taxes on tires that it imported for resale, the U.S. government told a Texas federal court.
June 24, 2021
A Houston truck sales company told a Texas federal court it shouldn't owe the IRS $1.9 million in excise taxes charged on tires it bought from overseas manufacturers, arguing it wasn't the entity that imported the goods.